geraldmcgrew
@geraldmcgrew.bsky.social
Socialist who believes we must defeat fascism, that neoliberal capitalism is no longer viable even by capitalist standards, and that we must consolidate green social democracy – all while building movement strong/large enough to achieve true socialism ASAP
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*Capitalism is failing us. Instead of bringing a decent life it generates an outrageous gap between the rich and the rest; unaffordable housing, healthcare & education; racial & gender inequality; climate disaster. Economist David Kotz argues it's time we built a new socialism for the 21st century*
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"What Is Going to Happen?"
How to reject a new normal.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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Time for Europe to use the nuclear option, stop respecting U.S. patents and copyrights deanbaker22.substack.com/p/time-for-e... This is guaranteed to get the demented fool's attention.
Time for Europe to Use the Nuclear Option: Attack U.S. Patent and Copyright Monopolies
This will make Trump's biggest backers pay bigly
deanbaker22.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Time for Europe to use the nuclear option, stop respecting U.S. patents and copyrights deanbaker22.substack.com/p/time-for-e... This is guaranteed to get the demented fool's attention.
Now we're talkin!
Time for Europe to use the nuclear option, stop respecting U.S. patents and copyrights deanbaker22.substack.com/p/time-for-e... This is guaranteed to get the demented fool's attention.
Time for Europe to Use the Nuclear Option: Attack U.S. Patent and Copyright Monopolies
This will make Trump's biggest backers pay bigly
deanbaker22.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Now we're talkin!
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There’s a long tradition of claiming to speak for King. Here’s what he really said.
We don't have to guess what MLK thought about the Israel-Palestine conflict.
There’s a long tradition of claiming to speak for King. Here’s what he really said.
www.motherjones.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
There’s a long tradition of claiming to speak for King. Here’s what he really said.
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Liberals love misquoting MLK to make him seem less radical than he actually was. He was an anti-war socialist and in internationalist, not a spineless liberal/Democrat
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Liberals love misquoting MLK to make him seem less radical than he actually was. He was an anti-war socialist and in internationalist, not a spineless liberal/Democrat
*Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision went far beyond civil rights. He called for the “total, direct, and immediate abolition of poverty”—and believed only a multiracial working-class movement could get us there*
inthesetimes.com/article/mart...
inthesetimes.com/article/mart...
The Forgotten Socialist History of Martin Luther King Jr.
King believed that a multiracial working-class movement was required to overcome the failings of capitalism.
inthesetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM
*Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision went far beyond civil rights. He called for the “total, direct, and immediate abolition of poverty”—and believed only a multiracial working-class movement could get us there*
inthesetimes.com/article/mart...
inthesetimes.com/article/mart...
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The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries.
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
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Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant - The American Prospect
Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.
prospect.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries.
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
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In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, Blas Nuñez-Neto wouldn't tell us his clients, but did say we should remember that ICE agents are people too. (Can't believe this quote below)
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
![Nuñez-Neto recommended that protesters understand that ICE agents are people, too.
“I think it would help both sides to appreciate the fact that that’s a human being across from you who may or may not want to do the things they’ve been ordered to do. In my long history being in and out of the Department [of Homeland Security], it is very often what makes the news are the terrible things that happen but what doesn’t get reported are the … stories about agents bringing toys into the border patrol station,” he said.
“We’re all human beings, many of them have families, many of them don’t want to be doing what they’ve been directed to do … so it would help us all to lower the temperature a bit. I’m angry too.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3/bafkreia3sqpgq4ufvy746ld4tuadfwuf7ul4so6u2wjhf5oggd6kzxibtm@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM
In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, Blas Nuñez-Neto wouldn't tell us his clients, but did say we should remember that ICE agents are people too. (Can't believe this quote below)
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
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the rest of the world just doesnt need us and even if they do its not like these countries that have been around for 1,000 years have any issue waiting it out another 3 years
January 19, 2026 at 1:48 PM
the rest of the world just doesnt need us and even if they do its not like these countries that have been around for 1,000 years have any issue waiting it out another 3 years
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Trump uses any violent national tragedy as ammo. He has seized upon ICE shootings, assassinations, mass attacks, and other deadly traumas to stoke partisan division and justify extreme policies and actions.
How Trump is using violent tragedies to divide America
ICE shootings, assassinations, mass attacks, and other traumas all serve as ammo for the demagogue in chief.
www.motherjones.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Trump uses any violent national tragedy as ammo. He has seized upon ICE shootings, assassinations, mass attacks, and other deadly traumas to stoke partisan division and justify extreme policies and actions.
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Reminds me of the old Zizek joke. Dont be deceived by the fact he looks like an idiot, acts like an idiot, and talks like an idiot. He actually is an idiot.
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Reminds me of the old Zizek joke. Dont be deceived by the fact he looks like an idiot, acts like an idiot, and talks like an idiot. He actually is an idiot.
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American tech firms are reaping the benefits of Ireland’s green transition—and threatening the integrity of its boglands. In our latest issue, Caitlín Doherty writes on turf and capital:
Bog Trouble | Caitlín Doherty
In Ireland, a preference for a traditional fuel source is overridden by a Green Party more concerned with household emissions than poverty.
thebaffler.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:20 PM
American tech firms are reaping the benefits of Ireland’s green transition—and threatening the integrity of its boglands. In our latest issue, Caitlín Doherty writes on turf and capital:
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"ICE local police agreements, primarily the 287(g) Program, deputize local officers to enforce federal immigration law, allowing them to interview individuals, check databases, and initiate removal proceedings." Is your local police department working with ICE? www.ice.gov/identify-and...
Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration and Nationality Act
www.ice.gov
January 19, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"ICE local police agreements, primarily the 287(g) Program, deputize local officers to enforce federal immigration law, allowing them to interview individuals, check databases, and initiate removal proceedings." Is your local police department working with ICE? www.ice.gov/identify-and...
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A Pay-to-Play board dominated by corrupt warmongering Putin and Trump to replace the United Nations is about the level of farce we can expect from Trump Year Two.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Trump’s $1 Billion-a-Seat Diplomacy Club Takes Aim at the U.N.
Russia says it’s been invited to join the Board of Peace, which was initially aimed at the war in Gaza but has grown in ambition.
www.wsj.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM
A Pay-to-Play board dominated by corrupt warmongering Putin and Trump to replace the United Nations is about the level of farce we can expect from Trump Year Two.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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A 21-year old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blinded in California after a Department of Homeland Security agent shot him in the face with a nonlethal round at point-blank range on Friday. trib.al/Bmjqdsv
January 19, 2026 at 12:38 PM
A 21-year old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blinded in California after a Department of Homeland Security agent shot him in the face with a nonlethal round at point-blank range on Friday. trib.al/Bmjqdsv
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Why aren't Trump's tariffs saving manufacturing?
"Trump put enormous tariffs on steel... That's a little bit like putting tariffs on flour and asking what do you think is going to happen to bakeries... Trump has put us at enormous disadvantage relative to foreign competitors."
"Trump put enormous tariffs on steel... That's a little bit like putting tariffs on flour and asking what do you think is going to happen to bakeries... Trump has put us at enormous disadvantage relative to foreign competitors."
January 19, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Why aren't Trump's tariffs saving manufacturing?
"Trump put enormous tariffs on steel... That's a little bit like putting tariffs on flour and asking what do you think is going to happen to bakeries... Trump has put us at enormous disadvantage relative to foreign competitors."
"Trump put enormous tariffs on steel... That's a little bit like putting tariffs on flour and asking what do you think is going to happen to bakeries... Trump has put us at enormous disadvantage relative to foreign competitors."
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"This is tyranny," Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s attorney general, told our columnist Lydia Polgreen as she was reporting from the Minneapolis. "We now don’t have to speculate as to what American fascism looks like. It’s right outside the door."
Opinion | There’s a reason Trump Is Targeting Minneapolis
Minneapolis stands in defiance to Trump’s dark vision of America.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 11:53 AM
"This is tyranny," Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s attorney general, told our columnist Lydia Polgreen as she was reporting from the Minneapolis. "We now don’t have to speculate as to what American fascism looks like. It’s right outside the door."
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You are not in Minnesota. You are a US citizen. You think you are safe. You think your kids are safe.
You are wrong but don't realize it yet. We are not safe when secret police operate this way.
They trample rights freely and with great vigor.
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You are wrong but don't realize it yet. We are not safe when secret police operate this way.
They trample rights freely and with great vigor.
bsky.app/profile/ziib...
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 19, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Americans' economic and political pains mainly stem from unprecedented concentration of our wealth, a few dozen mega-billionaires control 12%.
They buy a lot of politicians, media outlets, & influencers to distract from their power by blaming our pain on immigrants, DEI, women's careers...
They buy a lot of politicians, media outlets, & influencers to distract from their power by blaming our pain on immigrants, DEI, women's careers...
Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
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January 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Americans' economic and political pains mainly stem from unprecedented concentration of our wealth, a few dozen mega-billionaires control 12%.
They buy a lot of politicians, media outlets, & influencers to distract from their power by blaming our pain on immigrants, DEI, women's careers...
They buy a lot of politicians, media outlets, & influencers to distract from their power by blaming our pain on immigrants, DEI, women's careers...
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Closing massive capital gains tax loopholes'd promote fairness & investment in Americans.
Antitrust fights unfair biz practices that harm competition to juice profit at American workers', consumers', & innovators' expense.
Labor rights empower workers to organize to bargain on more balanced ground
Antitrust fights unfair biz practices that harm competition to juice profit at American workers', consumers', & innovators' expense.
Labor rights empower workers to organize to bargain on more balanced ground
January 19, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Closing massive capital gains tax loopholes'd promote fairness & investment in Americans.
Antitrust fights unfair biz practices that harm competition to juice profit at American workers', consumers', & innovators' expense.
Labor rights empower workers to organize to bargain on more balanced ground
Antitrust fights unfair biz practices that harm competition to juice profit at American workers', consumers', & innovators' expense.
Labor rights empower workers to organize to bargain on more balanced ground
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Trump wants to hit us with a huge tax hike to advance his Greenland delusions deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-want...
Trump Wants to Hit Us with a Huge Tax Hike for His Demented Greenland Dreams
The Greenland battle is just dumb and we shouldn't pretend otherwise
deanbaker22.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Trump wants to hit us with a huge tax hike to advance his Greenland delusions deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-want...